In 2010, the state created a law allowing cities and counties to install red light cameras.

Artiles said some communities such as St. Petersburg, the cameras were so unpopular they have been withdrawn.

His bill, if it became law, would force counties and cities to stop using the cameras by 2019. That would have cost the state at least $65 million annually in revenue it collects from fines. Cities and counties would lose a similar amount annually, according to state economists.

The House voted 83-33 to remove the cameras.

The Senate version of the bill passed out of one committee, but never cleared two others it was required to pass before coming to a full vote of the Senate. The Legislature's annual session ends Friday.